House approves bill to outlaw Communist Party unions
The House passed a bill by 35 to 2 to outlaw the Communist Party and strip legal rights from communist controlled unions, aligning with administration views and replacing a Senate measure. The act upholds the Internal Security Act and targets party influence rather than individual members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Communist Party
House
White House
Senate
Halleck
R-Ind
Atty. Ger. Brownell
Eisenhower
Bil
M Ct In
R-Mass
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Ferguson
Martin
Cheirman
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Atty. Gen. Brownell
1 900 Employes Of Airline Are Laid Off
Chicago American Airlines began big layoff action as pilots strike for more than two weeks. About 1 900 workers including stewards, flight engineers and ground staff were terminated with two weeks notice. Nationwide 12 000 more employees faced potential layoffs if the dispute remains unresolved. AFL Airline Pilots Association says settlement unlikely amid clash over coast to coast non stop schedules and eight hour flight limits. The airline argues the union did not cooperate with federal mediators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Airlines
AFL
Assn
Civil Aeronautics Board
Seven More Iowa Traffic Victims Adjournment Debate
Seven more Iowa traffic victims are listed for 1954 in a Friday through Sunday toll. Names include William Wiemar, 17, Ledyard. Ruth Bannes, 10, Shenandoah. Delbert Thurm, 17, Bremer County. Dale Klaseman, 21, Mason City. Charity Riley, 83, Newton. Gene Davidson, 26, Colfax. Dora Quandt, 66, Charter Oak. The crashes occurred near Spxit Lake Port, Readlyn, Newton, Shenandoah, Colfax and Charter Oak with fog and a rural road misjudgment cited in several incidents. House Speaker Martin weighed adjournment timing amid stalled atomic energy, farm, and a $2 billion bill, suggesting a possible week-end adjournment but not assured.
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Associated Press
Iowa
William Craig Wiemar
Ledyard
Charity Riley
Newton
Delbert Thurm
Bremer County Farm
Dale Klaseman
Mason City
Ruth Bannes
Shenandoah
Gene Davidson
Colfax
Dora Quandt
Charter Cab
Readlyn
Thurm
Riley
Hive Mies
Jesse
Howard E. Kydd
Kellogg
Newton Hospital
City considers advisory group to aid recreation department
Mayor Keenan said the City Council is weighing a laymen advisory group or committee to assist the city manager in running recreation. The proposed ordinance would abolish the Playground Commission and shift control from the eight-member body formed in 1946 to City Manager L. M. McConnell, effective Jan 1, 1955.
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Playground Commission
Vna
Recreation Department
William M. Keenan
Planning Commission
L. M. McConnell
City of
Council Bluffs
Keean
Keenan
Park Board
School Board
Current Playground Commission
Parent Teacher's Assn
Cerebral Palsy Assn
Six Injured In Glenwood Crash
Six people were critically hurt in a two car collision at the intersection of Highways 275 and 34 near Glenwood. The Lovings of Nevada Missouri suffered severe injuries while three soldiers from Fort Lewis Washington, all on leave, also sustained serious trauma. Dense fog was blamed for the crash as both vehicles were nearly demolished and one car caught fire. Cynthia Loving, uninjured, stayed with Glenwood Fire Chief Lewis Robinson.
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Glenwood
Charles Loving
Jean
Cynthia
Kevin
Nevada
Cay
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Keith Seinart
Sigourney
Michael Mattera
Oak Lawn
Warren Stafford
Morning Sun
Mercy Hospital
Council Bluffs
Seinert
Matera
Leving
Young Seiweri
Mattera
Offutt
Stafford
Offutt Hospital
Cimaria
Lovings
Mills County
Don Rhoden
Loving
Cynthia Loving
Lewis Robinson
Californian Wins Soap Box Derby in Akron
Dick Kemp 14, of Los Angeles, coasted his $9.40 blue racer to victory in the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron. He earned a $5,000 college scholarship after finishing the 975.4 foot Derby Hill course in 27.80 seconds in the far heat, just ahead of Gary Miller of Long Beach and John Kirtley of Evansville in a tight lineup.
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Akron
Ohio
Dick Kemp
Los Angeles
Gary Miller
Long Beach
Calif
John Kirtley
Evansville
Ind
District Winners in GI Farm Contest DES MULNES
The nine district finalists to compete August 31 at the Iowa State Fair for Iowa's GI Farm Family title were announced Sunday. Winners include Keith A. Smith Douds Otto Lasack Oxford Junction Spencer B. Smith Eagle Grove Russell C. Winterink Charles City Marion L. Timmins Osceola Henry E. Volz Elkart Howard M. Wanson Extra Sherman Gunderson Estherville Leon Wertzel Wall Lake. District winners and their wives receive plaques and a two day trip to the fair. The state winner earns a trip to the International Livestock Show in Chicago.
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Wall Lake
Chicago
Waterloo pair win in Iowa State Bridge League tourney
Davenport and O. V. Lindsey and Jack Pariship of Waterloo topped the pair match in a two day tournament held Saturday and Sunday by the Iowa State Bridge League.
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Davenport
O. V. Lindsey
Jack Pariship
Waterloo
Iowa States Bride League
Electrical Storm Hurts Power Service in City Sunday
A violent electrical storm Sunday night damaged power lines and knocked out service across the city. Iowa Power and Light crews worked overnight to repair lines while downtown telephone service also faced outages. Storm brought heavy rain, hail showers, and a bolt felled a tree on Broad Way.
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Beaty i
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
John Northcott
Howard McEvoy
N. Broadway
Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Eae
Rockwell City
Popejoy
Tracr
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Burlington
U S Debt Limit Raised To 281 Billion
The House approved a temporary increase in the national debt limit from 275 to 281 billion dollars, 193 to 31 in a standing vote. The limit will revert to 275 billion by June 30, but leaders warned Congress may extend the raise if conditions require.
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Washington P
House
Eisenhower
Halleck
R-Ind
Congress
Conference called on hog disease VE to prevent outbreak
Iowa officials including Dr H A Garrett and Dr C W Browne will attend a conference in Springfield IN with federal and state officials to plan prevention of a large outbreak of vesicular exanthema in the Midwest. The inspection of about 1200 Town farms shows Iowa appears free, though 800 more farms mainly in Missouri await checks after VE was found in Chicago area and Morrell packing plant yards in Ottumwa hogs shipped for slaughter.
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Iowa
Springfield
Midwest
H. A. Garrett
C. W. Browne
U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Garrett
Chicago
Missouri
Morrell
Warehouse Fall Kills D.M. Man
DES MOINES Iowa LaVern Roy McCullough 31 stock control man for Kurtz Hardware Co was found dead of injuries early Monday at the bottom of an elevator shaft in the firms warehouse. Police and Dr Walter Anderson Polk County coroner said McCullough was killed by an apparently accidental fall down the shaft probably about noon Saturday. A warehouse search began late Sunday night after McCulloughs bride of five weeks said she tried all weekend to locate her husband after he failed to return home Saturday noon.
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Des Moines
LaVern Roy McCullough
Kurtz Hardware Co
Walter Anderson
Polk County
McCullough
Release Sheppard On $50,000 Bond
Dr Samuel H Sheppard, 30, osteopath, was released from county jail on a $50 000 bond Monday after first degree murder charges against him were sent directly to the grand jury He left the Criminal Courts Building with his brother Dr Richard N Sheppard, after 11 months in custody following the July 4 incident involving his wife
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Criminal Courts
Richard N. Shephard
Eisenhowers to Fly to New York for Absentee Ballots
President and Mrs. Eisenhower plan to fly to New York City Tuesday to register and apply for absentee ballots for the November 2 election. The move signals preparation for participation in the upcoming vote.
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Washinwinn
Eisenhower
New York City
If In Iowa Toll Road Study Hints At Big Decision
Clinton Rotary luncheon remarks from Executive Secretary Gerald Bogan of the Iowa Good Roads Assn discuss a big if in a toll road study. He notes toll roads could be feasible with private financing but likely need state cash guarantees or pledges initially. He urges understanding of the report by all Iowans and calls for more funds for local primary and secondary road systems.
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Iowa
Clinton
Iowa Toll Road Study
Gerald Bogan
Iowa Good Roads Assn
Clinton Rotary
Monsinv
Kow
World Council of Churches Opens in Chicago Giant Assembly
Chicago hosts the World Council of Churches festival with 125000 inside Soldier Field and 30000 outside as Evanston morning worship begins. Four trains, chartered buses, and 9300 cars deliver believers from 161 denominations in 48 countries. A 4000 cast stage dramatic pageantry depicts creation, fall, and a new world.
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Chicago
Soldier Field
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Jesus
Park District
George A. Otlewis
World Assembly
Evanston
G. Bromley Oxram
Washington
Christ
Morse To Vote. Senate Independents Aiding Democrats
Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon, the Senate’s only Independent, said he will vote with the Democrats on the tax revision measure. The plan, first major overhaul since 1875, reshapes most tax laws, expands deductions for individuals and boosts corporate provisions to spur growth. The package keeps the 52 percent corporate tax rate for now and sets April 15 as the individual filing deadline, with benefits retroactive to Jan 1.
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Washington
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Congress
Sen. George
Georgia
George
Fome General
Morse
Gi Bandit Aids Holdup At Afton
Afton village police report a Sunday night robbery at the Wohllaib service station. A girl bandit under gun threat forced cash from Victor and Mrs Wohllaib while two youths, one masked, guarded outside. The car bore a Union County license. Afton lies nine miles east of Creston.
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Afton
Victor Wohllaib
Wot Flaib
Union County
Creston
Farm Owners Urged to Vote in ASC Community Elections
Des Moines reports the Iowa Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee chairmen appeals to farm owners and operators to vote by mail in the annual ASC community elections. Dwight W. Meyer stresses the federal farm program’s price supports and acreage adjustments and notes turnout has fallen from near 100 percent to about one fifth of eligible voters.
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Des Moines
Iowa Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
Dwight W. Meyer
Agriculture
Meyer
Police Nab 25 Speeders With Radar Check
Police used radar to nab 25 speeders during a Monday morning speed check on Fifth Ave near Twenty eighth St. at 6 a.m. Officers A. R. Danielsen H. N. Mace dr. and Don Petersen recorded several hundred vehicles approaching the point from both directions.
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Fifth Ave
A. R. Danielsen
H. N. Mace Dr
Don Petersen
Compromise On Farm Bill Reaches Senate House Conference
A compromise farm bill aligning with most Eisenhower requests was agreed by a Senate House conference committee on Monday and heads back to both chambers for final approval. The deal ends a 41 vote deadlock by accepting dairy supports at 75 percent parity, though Rep. Andresen and Sen. Young refused to sign, favoring 80 percent parity.
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Vashington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Nfy
Young
R-Nd
Rep
Andresen
R-Minn
Morse leaves GOP to become independent in 1952 race
Morse renounces his long time affiliation with the Republican Party during the presidential campaign in 1952 and becomes an Independent. But twice during the 84th Congress, with the balance favoring Democrats, Morse sided with the GOP on Senate organization questions.
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Orse
Republican Party
Morse
GOP
Senate
Statement Criticizes Senator Gillette Over Coffee Regulation
Des Moines D P George Strayer of Hudson, chair of the Iowa Republican Farm Council, released a statement criticizing Sen. Guy Gillette for seeking regulation of coffee prices. Strayer said Iowa farmers are not losing sleep over the lack of coffee regulation, noting coffee competes with Iowa produced milk. Gillette seeks reelection.
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Des Moines
George Strayer
Hudson
Iowa Republican Farm Council
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Gilletet
Strayer
Gillette
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Iowa Power and Light Co
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